August 22

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Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour, 1950
American Revolution
Redcoats land at Long Island, 1776
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Citroen helps De Gaulle survive assassination attempt, 1962
Civil War
Lincoln replies to Horace Greeley, 1862
Cold War
Czechs protest against Soviet invasion, 1968
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The Barker clan kills an officer in their fruitless robbery, 1933
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Hurricane Andrew pounds Bahamas, 1992
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Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485
U.S. wins first America's Cup, 1851
International Red Cross founded, 1864
Michael Collins assassinated, 1922
Incident at Ruby Ridge, 1992
Hollywood
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers grace Life cover, 1938
Literary
Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx is born, 1935
Music
Zager and Evans end a six-week run at #1 with their smash-hit "In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)", 1969
Old West
Hired killer Jim Miller joins Texas Rangers, 1898
Presidential
Ulysses S. Grant marries, 1848
Sports
Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout, 1989
Vietnam War
Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam, 1962
Graduated bombing policy condemned, 1967
VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture, 1968
Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, 1972
World War I
Heavy casualties suffered in the Battles of the Frontiers, 1914
World War II
Romania captured by the Soviet Union, 1944

Vietnam War

Aug 22, 1968:

VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture

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For the first time in two months, Viet Cong forces launch a rocket attack on Saigon, killing 18 and wounding 59. Administration officials denounced the attack as a direct repudiation of President Johnson's speech of August 19, in which he appealed to the North Vietnamese to respond favorably to his limitation of the air campaign north of the DMZ.

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This Week in History, Aug 22 - Aug 28

Aug 22, 1962
Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam
Aug 22, 1967
Graduated bombing policy condemned
Aug 22, 1968
VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture
Aug 22, 1972
Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach
Aug 23, 1966
U.S. cargo ship strikes a mine near Saigon
Aug 23, 1968
Communist forces renew offensive
Aug 24, 1963
Washington changes policy on support for President Diem
Aug 24, 1969
U.S. unit refuses commander's order
Aug 24, 1970
B-52s conduct heavy raids along the DMZ
Aug 25, 1967
McNamara concedes that bombing is less than effective
Aug 25, 1971
173rd Airborne Brigade departs Vietnam
Aug 26, 1964
Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president
Aug 26, 1967
Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam
Aug 26, 1968
Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago
Aug 27, 1970
Agnew meets with President Thieu in Saigon
Aug 27, 1972
U.S. aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong
Aug 28, 1966
North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union
Aug 28, 1967
More voices raised against the war
Aug 28, 1968
DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam
Aug 28, 1972
U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War

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